National Basketball Association
Northwestern 73, Iowa 70
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, February 17, 2011
Where: Welsh-Ryan Arena, Evanston, Illinois
Officials:
# Tim Clougherty, # Ed Corbett, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
5124
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Michael Thompson had 16 points and nine assists as Northwestern held on for a 73-70 victory over visiting Iowa on Thursday.
John Shurna and Drew Crawford added 15 points each for Northwestern (15-10, 5-9 Big Ten), which was 12 for 28 on 3-pointers to offset Iowa's 40-22 scoring edge in the paint.
Jarryd Cole had 17 points and eight rebounds for Iowa (10-16, 3-11).
The Wildcats led for most of the second half, but never by more than six before JerShon Cobb's three-point play with 3:01 left made it 69-62. Iowa scored the next four points to get within three before Luka Mirkovic nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:47 left.
Iowa got back within two on a tip-in by Cole, and had a chance to tie after Thompson missed a free throw with 3.3 seconds to go, but could not get a shot off.
Thompson did not commit a turnover as Northwestern had only seven.
Top Game Performances
| Iowa |
|
Northwestern |
|
Jarryd Cole 17 |
Scoring |
Michael Thompson 16 |
|
Bryce Cartwright 9 |
Assists |
Michael Thompson 9 |
|
Jarryd Cole 8 |
Rebounds |
Luka Mirkovic 7 |
|
Jarryd Cole 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Michael Thompson 3 |
|
Matt Gatens 1 |
Steals |
Drew Crawford 4 |
|
Melsahn Basabe 1 |
Blocks |
John Shurna 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Iowa
|
70 |
51.7 |
5-12 |
5-12 |
16 |
34 |
1 |
1 |
|
| Northwestern
|
73 |
45.0 |
12-28 |
7-13 |
17 |
27 |
2 |
10 |
|
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